Castnia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Superfamilia: Cossoidea

Familia: Castniidae
Subfamilia: Castniinae
Tribus: Castniini
Genus: Castnia
Species: C. allyni – C. amalthaea – C. besckei – C. boisduvalii – C. ciela – C. escalantei – C. estherae – C. eudesmia – C. fabricii – C. fernandezi – C. flavimaculata – C. hegemon – C. herrichii – C. invaria – C. juturna – C. lecerfi – C. menetriesi – C. papagaya – C. satrapes
Name

Castnia Fabricius, 1807

Type species: Papilio icarus Cramer, 1775
Synonyms

Castinia Rafinesque, 1815, emend.
Acacerus Billberg, 1820
Elina Houlbert, 1918, preocc. (not Blanchard, 1852)

References

Lamas, G., 1995, Revista Peruana de Entomologia 37: 73–87. [1]{{}}
Miller, J.Y., 1972: Review of the Central American Castnia inca complex (Castniidae). Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 6: 1–13. Full article: [2]
Miller, J.Y., 1974: Studies in the Castniidae. II. Descriptions of three new species of Castnia, s.l. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 34: 1–13. Full article: [3].
Ríos, S.D.; González, J.M. 2011: A synopsis of the Castniidae (Lepidoptera) of Paraguay. Zootaxa, 3055: 43–61. Preview
Worthy, R., González, J.M. & Ríos, S.D. 2019. A review of the genus Insigniocastnia J.Y. Miller, 2007 (Lepidoptera: Castniidae) with notes on Castnia amalthaea H. Druce, 1890. Zootaxa 4550(2): 277–288. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4550.2.8. Reference page.

Castnia is a genus of moths within the family Castniidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1807.[1]
Species

Castnia estherae Miller, 1976
Castnia eudesmia Gray, 1838
Castnia fernandezi González, 1992
Castnia invaria Walker, 1854
Castnia juturna Hopffer, 1856
Castnia lecerfi Dalla Torre, 1913

References

Savela, Markku. "Castnia Fabricius, 1807". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 13, 2018.